Subfamily Desmodontinae Bonaparte 1845 (leaf-nosed bat)
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Alternative spelling: Desmodontidae
Parent taxon: Phyllostomidae according to L. O. Salles et al. 2006
See also Cope 1889 and Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Carolliinae, Lonchophyllinae, Lophostoma, Macrophyllum, Micronycteris, Mimon, Phylloderma, Phyllostominae, Stenodermatinae, Trachops, Uroderma, Mormoops, Macrotus, Glossophaginae, Artibeus, Lonchophylla, Stenoderma, Erophylla, Phyllonycteris, Brachyphylla, Phyllostomatinae, Notonycteris
Subtaxa: Desmodus
Ecology: volant omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Brazil (6), Peru (1), United States (11: Arizona, California, Florida, New Mexico, West Virginia), Venezuela (2)
Total: 21 collections including 24 occurrences